The Stamp Collectors Corner

Aquatic lovers are going to adore the beautiful postage stamps that were issued in July of 2006 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vancouver Aquarium in Canada.  The aquarium plays host to many special creatures of the sea.  While visiting there you will find dolphins, sea lions, seals and many other delightful sea creatures.
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In hosting the Winter Olympics this year Canada released a series of adorable postage stamps to commemorate the occasion. The Olympic mascot postage stamps feature various rates for both domestic and international use.
The theme of the 2010 Winter Olympics was “Sea to Sky”.  The concept linked the Whistler’s snow capped ski slopes with a scenic [...]

The Nature of America postage stamp series was introduced 10 years ago.  Each new set of stamps that is created highlights a particular unique ecosystem in the United States.  On October 21, 2009, the United States Postal Service released the 2009 Nature of America: Kelp Forest postage stamps. This popular educational stamp set was the [...]

In continuation from Friday…
Over the years, hunters are not the only ones who choose to purchase the Duck Stamps.  Philatelists and conservationists alike also realize the value of these cool stamps.  Each year a new Duck Stamp is issued.  Since 1949, the Duck Stamp designs have been chosen via the only art competition that is [...]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested the issuance of the first Federal Duck Stamp in 1934.  It featured two mallards in flight that were about to land on a marsh pond.  The original stamp sold for $1 in 1934.  In mint condition, a philatelist could expect to pay as much as $750 for that Duck Stamp [...]

The Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) are believed to have crossed into North America from Siberia about 750,000 years ago.  Their population initially exploded and they quickly spread throughout the western parts of the United States, Mexico and Canada.  The Bighorn Sheep are named for their large curved horns that, for males, can weigh as much [...]

I might be getting a little ahead of myself on this one, but in my fruitless quest to try to find some good “Happy New Year’s” postage stamps to write about, I changed by blogging focus.  The “tiger” will be roaring in very soon as February 14, 2010 will mark the Year of the Tiger [...]

The holidays are here and with such, so are the Christmas inspired postage stamps.  Like in the United States, many countries around the world issue Christmas themed postage stamps each year.  It is widely believed that Canada issued the first Christmas postage stamps in 1898, although they were not terribly festive looking.  Those 2 cent [...]

Some mythical creatures are believed to originate from real creatures that were often described from traveler’s tales.  For good storytelling purposes, mythical creatures often took on the form of two actual creatures combined into one making a new hybrid creature.  Others were just ones that were made up and downplayed for good storytelling purposes.  Over [...]

The United States Postal Service joined forces with Great Britain in a joint issue with a couple of adorable postage stamps.  Issued on January 10, 2006, each set in the US and England contained eight stamps, but only two of the stamps in each set were issued in both sets.  The stamp sets featured popular [...]